DEIMS-SDR – A web portal to document research sites and their associated data

Wohner, Christoph; Peterseil, Johannes; Poursanidis, Dimitris; Kliment, Tomáš; Wilson, Mike; Mirtl, Michael; Chrysoulakis, Nektarios

doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2019.01.005

Cited by 57 publications

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“…To free the analysis of the LTER network from data inspection and to identify the specific causes of restricted access to datasets, we examined EBVs information structured in metadata of LTER sites and datasets published by site managers in the Dynamic Eco-logical Information Management System -Site and Data Set Registry (DEIMS-SDR), that is the most comprehensive catalogue of field observations sites in environmental research networks (Mirtl et al 2018;Wohner et al 2019). We focused on LTER-Italy, which we introduce in the "Case study" subsection.…”

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confidence: 99%

Feeding Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs): actual and potential contributions from LTER-Italy

Zilioli¹,

Oggioni²,

Tagliolato³

et al. 2019

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The conceptual framework of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) aims to capture the major dimensions of biodiversity change by structuring biodiversity monitoring and by ruling data collection amongst different providers. Amongst the research infrastructures adopting and implementing the EBV framework, LTER-Europe - the European node of ILTER (International Long-Term Ecological Research) - follows the approach to compare site-based biodiversity observations within and across its networks. However, a synoptic overview of their contributions with EBVs-relevant data is still missing, since data are not made available for several reasons. In this paper, we assess the capacity of LTER-Italy, one of the richest and heterogeneous networks of LTER sites in Europe, to provide data to “Species Distribution” and “Species Abundance” EBVs without inspecting and downloading their contents. To this aim, we mine the EBVs information which is publicly structured and shared by LTER site managers through DEIMS-SDR, the LTER-Europe online metadata repository. We classify the sites according to two types of contributions: (i) the actual contribution, based on metadata of datasets and (ii) the potential contribution, based on metadata of sites. Through these assessments, we investigate if LTER-Italy monitoring activities can provide EBVs measures and which sites currently provide datasets. By comparing the two contributions, we pinpoint the factors hampering the accessibility of LTER-Italy data and suggest solutions to increase the discoverability and reusability of LTER-Italy EBVs measurements. The research provides the first overview of EBVs monitored in LTER-Italy and the corresponding data management practices, as well as an evaluation of the interoperability of this network with respect to other research organisations for legal and technical aspects.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Feeding Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs): actual and potential contributions from LTER-Italy

Zilioli¹,

Oggioni²,

Tagliolato³

et al. 2019

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“…6:527. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00527 In the original article, there was a mistake in the legend for Figure 1 as published. After publication, it was brought to the authors' attention that DEIMS-SDR also included not-LTER sites (Wohner et al, 2019) and the so called LTER "parent sites, " at the same hierarchical level of the research sites they are made of, generating some duplicates. While reviewing the site list, it was found that one site was duplicated and seven LTER sites were not included.…”

Section: Ilter -The International Long-term Ecological Research Netwomentioning

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Corrigendum: ILTER – The International Long-Term Ecological Research Network as a Platform for Global Coastal and Ocean Observation

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“…The LTER-Italy parent site NAS includes four research sites (Gulf of Trieste, Gulf of Venice, Po Delta and Romagna Coast, Senigallia-Susak Transect; Figure 1), where meteo-oceanographic and biological data, mainly on plankton, are gathered both during oceanographic cruises and at fixed point observatories (Ravaioli et al, 2016). Detailed information can be found in the ILTER Dynamic Ecological Information Management System Site and Dataset Registry, DEIMS-SDR (https://deims.org/92fd6fad-99cd-4972-93bd-c491f0be1301) (Wohner et al, 2019 Until the early 1990s, GPS systems were not usually on board of research vessels. For this reason, oceanographers used to refer to a fixed grid covering the entire research area and identified the sampling positions (stations) with the nodes of this…”

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A long term (1965–2015) ecological marine database from the LTER-Italy site Northern Adriatic Sea: plankton and oceanographic observations

Acri¹,

Bastianini²,

Aubry³

et al. 2019

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Abstract. In this paper we describe a 50 years (1965–2015) ecological database containing data collected in the Northern Adriatic Sea, one of the 25 research parent sites belonging to the Italian Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER-Italy, http://www.lteritalia.it). LTER-Italy is a formal member of the international (https://www.ilter.network) and European (http://www.lter-europe.net/) LTER networks. The NAS is undergoing a process, led by different research institutions and projects, for the establishment of a marine ecological observatory, building on the existing facilities, infrastructures, and long-term ecological data. Along this process, the implementation of the Open Access and Open Science principles has started, by creating an open research lifecycle that involves sharing ideas and results (scientific papers), data (raw and processed), metadata, methods, and software. The present data paper is framed within this wider context. The database is composed of observations on abiotic parameters, phyto- and zooplankton abundances, collected during 299 cruises in different sampling stations, in particular in the Gulf of Venice: we describe here the sampling and analytical activities, the parameters, and the structure of the database. The database is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3266246 (Acri et al., 2019), it was also uploaded in the DEIMS-SDR repository (Dynamic Ecological Information Management System – Site and Dataset Registry, https://deims.org/), which is the official sites and data registry for LTER International network.

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DEIMS-SDR – A web portal to document research sites and their associated data

Cited by 57 publications

References 16 publications

Feeding Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs): actual and potential contributions from LTER-Italy

Feeding Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs): actual and potential contributions from LTER-Italy

Corrigendum: ILTER – The International Long-Term Ecological Research Network as a Platform for Global Coastal and Ocean Observation

A long term (1965–2015) ecological marine database from the LTER-Italy site Northern Adriatic Sea: plankton and oceanographic observations

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